Bio taken from Pieces: A Collection of New Voices: Aisha D. Gayle attends Yale University. She has been featured in publications at Columbia University, Yale University, and most recently in Chocolate for a Young Woman's Soul (Fireside Simon & Schuster). She teaches creative writing in a New Haven elementary school, is Marketing Director of Yale's undergraduate style magazine, vyrtigo, writes for the Yale Daily News, and is the sweeper on her women's club soccer team.